cve-2020-14390
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-18 17:42
Modified
2024-08-04 12:46
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876788
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876788
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
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